Avoiding the Seven Pitfalls of Windows 7 Adoption

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Avoiding the Seven Pitfalls
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Contents
Executive Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Windows 7-More than an Operating System Migration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4The Time for Action is Now. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Drivers for Windows 7 Adoption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Coming to Terms with the Scope and Complexity of Windows 7 Adoption. . . . . . . . . . 5The Seven Pitfalls of Windows 7 Adoption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Pitfall #1: Ill-Defined Adoption Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Pitfall #2: Generic User Profiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Pitfall #3: Migration-Centric Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Pitfall #4: Over Procurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Pitfall #5: High-Touch Provisioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Pitfall #6: Fragmented Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Pitfall #7: Lack of Performance Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Conclusion: Overcoming the Seven Pitfalls of Windows 7 Adoption. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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Executive Summary Windows 7-More than an Operating Windows 7 adoption is one of IT's top priorities for System Migration2010. While the most prevalent impetus for adoption is The Time for Action is Nowthe impending extinction of Windows XP support, other Like it or not, IT departments need to deal with the move catalysts are driving the timing and strategy for Windows 7 to Windows 7 as one of their top priorities over the next implementation. These range from needed upgrades that were several months. The end of life for XP is approaching, deferred during the recent economic downturn, to setting and no company can afford the risk or remaining on that the foundation for PC cloud computing, enabling the mobile platform once XP support ends. Even if the security risk were workforce, and implementing green IT. acceptable, ISVs are already ceasing development for XP, and Time is running short, as a solid adoption strategy requires companies that remain on XP will find themselves high-12 to 18 months for thorough planning and testing before and-dry as their competitors upgrade to more advanced... [download for more]